Multiple cash drawer machine



Oct. 10, 1933. SHERMAN ET AL 1,930,434

IULTIPLE CASH DRAWER MACHINE Original Filed Feb. 16, 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 I N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEYS Oct. 10, 1933. SHERMAN 5 AL 1,930,434

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A TTORNEYS Patented Oct. 10, 1933 MULTIPLE CASH DRAWER MACHINE John Q. Sherman and Albert W. Metlner, Dayton, Ohio, aesignorl, by direct and meme assignments, to The Standard Register Company Original application February 16, 1922, Serial No. 537,093. September 23, 1926.

Divided and till! application Serial No. 137,838

2 Claims. (01. 235-22) Our invention relates to machines providing for multiple cash drawers in connection with manifolding devices or the like, and is a division of our application for Letters Patent Serial No. 537,093, filed February 16, 1922.

In the development of an adequate cash drawer cabinet, together with its operating mechanism, there are a number of problems in construction giving simplicity of structure, low manufacturing and assembling cost, and ready adaptability to use of the same mechanism in various shapes and sizes of machines.

In combining a manifolding device with a cash drawer cabinet and mechanism, these necessities of design involve themselves in part with the fitting of various kinds and shapes of devices to the cabinets, with location of the operating parts and structure thereof, that adapt themselves to a uniform production with proper adJustability or extensibility so that standard mechanism can be used with the least possible change in all grades and sizes of machines.

To this end it is our object to provide a cash drawer operating mechanism in a cabinet and combine with it a manifolding device, which may, if desired, be a separate machine, so far as framework is concerned, in such a way that the above noted necessities are fulfilled.

The above objects and other advantages to be noted, we accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a top plan view, with intervening parts removed, of a cabinet with drawer open, showing the supporting base or bottom partition for a drawer.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a cabinet with all the drawers removed.

Figure 3 is an inner end elevation of a drawer.

Figure 4 is a detail elevation of the drawer catch.

Figure 5 is a detail section showing the operating mechanism connected directly to a manifolding machine for tripping the drawer catch bar.

Figure 6 is a detail section showing the trip bar operating parts in the cabinet and in the register. v

Figure 7 is a plan view of the adjusting device for the trip bar.

Figure 8 is a plan view of one of the base partitions or drawer supports.

Figure 9 is an end elevation thereof taken from the front.

Figure 10 is a perspective view showing a skeleton frame register and trip bar operating device.

Figure 11 is a front elevational detail of a cabinet with the partitions removed.

Figure 12 is a top plan view showing by means of broken away portions the full extent of the trip bar adiusting mechanism.

Figure 13 is a detail similar to Figure 5 showing ta different form of register trip arrangemen Figure 14 is a detail elevation of the roller support for the drawers.

Figure 15 is a plan view detail, on a small scale, of the independent means for operating the trip bar.

Figure 16 is a like view to Figure 15, showing a modified form.

Figure 17 is a side elevational detail of a modifled form of the register part of the tripping mechanism.

Figure 18 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Figure 17.

Figure 19 is a tie view showing the location of the trip bar end in devices built according to Figures 17 and 18.

The cash drawers are shown at 1, and the cabinet sides at 2, and the cabinet top at 3.

The sides of the cabinet are here shown formed with grooves 4, into which the base partitions or drawer supports are slipped. These partitions are made with an open framework having sides 5, inner ends 6 and outer ends 7. From the inner ends there extends upwardly a web 8 which forms the back of the drawer space, this back being screwed down to the rear of the cabinet, as by screws 9. These parts may be of a single stamping of sheet metal and are so designed.

Along the sides of 5 are set, preferably, angle iron strips 10, upon which are mounted on the upstanding webs a series of rollers 11, on which the drawers ride. Fonthis purpose the drawers have channel bars 12 set to extend inwardly from the drawer sides, the bottoms of the drawers, as at 13, being raised to give clearance. Upon inserting the drawer into its space, the channel bars will engage over the rollers and provide an antifriction support for them.

On each drawer there will be, preferably, two spring projectors, in the form of springs 14, mounted on rearwardly extending brackets 15 at the back of the drawer. These springs engage, when the drawer is closed, in cups 16 set on the backs 8 of the partition members.

Each drawer will also have a latch bar 1'1 extending from its rear, which bar has a catch or lip 18 at the-end. The bar 17 forms part of the left hand bracket 15, and the rear plate of the bracket is cut away, as at 19, to clear a bell 20, set on the end 6 of the partition.

Brackets 21, having interspaced arms, are mounted on the backs 8 of the partitions, and slidably retain a plunger or catch pin 22, around which is a spring 23, forcing it down. A bracket 1 23a, on the back 8, pivotally supports a lever 24,

which engages with its rearward end the upper end of the pin, so that when the lever is depressed at its other end the pin will be raised to release the engagement between the pin 22 and the catch 18. When this is done, the springs will project the drawer forwardly until a tongue 25 on the back of the drawer proper engages in a notch 26 in the forward cross member of the partition. From this engagement, the drawer may be freed by reaching over and depressing the front member or end 7 of the partition.

The bell 20 has mounted alongside it a bracket 2'7, in which is a torsion spring pin 28 carrying a striker 29. On this pin is also located a finger 30, which, as the drawer moves outwardly under its spring impulse, will come into engagement with a spring hinged finger 31 on the bar 1'7. This will pull back and suddenly release the striker and cause it to tap the bell, while the inward movement of the drawer will permit the finger 31 to pass the finger 30, because of its spring mounting.

It will be evident that the drawer and the partition member may be entirely withdrawn from the cabinet for inspection or repairs, and that in manufacturing the article, the assembly will be a very simple operation.

We prefer that the partitions at the rear be formed with extensions 32, which are slotted to give clearance to the trip bar, which will next be described.

The trip bar is shown in the form of a rod 33, on which are a series of collars 34, each having a pin 35 to strike the free ends of the levers 24, that lift the spring pin latches. The collars are arranged so that the pins 35 extend in different radial paths for each collar, and the adjustment of the bar for tripping a selected drawer is accomplished by rotating the bar so that the desired collar will be in tripping position.

The bar is mounted so as to extend entirely through the cabinet, with a socket in the base in which it can slide, but from which it will not protrude. At its upper end a socket piece 36 is provided, which acts as a Journal for the rod, and as a cup for a spring 37, that bears on its upper end against a collar 38 on the bar. This collar also acts as a stop for downward and upward movement of the bar, by engagement with the base of the socket piece, and with a washer 39 screwed down on the top of the cabinet, over the upper end of the socket.

The bar passes through a bracket 40 on top of the cabinet, which will lie under the usual base 41 of a manifolding device 42 set on the cabinet. Between the bracket and the cabinet top and therefore held against movement with the bar is an arm 43 having a non-rotatable, slidable engagement with the bar by the medium of a collar portion engaging over a flattened portion of the bar.

This arm has a forked end 44, which engages over a stud 45 on a bar 46, whereby the position of the bar 46 determines the rotary position of the trip bar.

The bar 46 may be of any length without disturbing the standard construction of the parts 36 to 45, above identified, and will extend to a convenient point for manipulation. Thus at the front of the machine we preferably provide a calibrated plate 47 having indications for the separate drawers of the cabinet. The bar will have a pointer 48 thereon, which will enable the operator to position the bar 46 and thereby give desired rotary position to the trip bar. The inner end of the bar 46 is guided by an abutment member 49 located adjacent the forked end of the adjusting arm.

As a separate drawer release, controllable by the possessor of a key to the machine, we may provide any desired simple form of trip. We have shown two forms (Figures 15 and 16).

In the form in Figure 15, a rod 50 is pivotally set beneath the top of the cabinet and carries an arm 51, which will contact with the uppermost collar on the trip bar. This rod may be rocked by a handle 52, after first releasing a bolt from. engagement with the same, through a keycontrolled lock 53.

Another form consists in a trip lever 54 mounted beneath the cabinet top and having one of its ends in position to strike down the uppermost collar on the trip bar. A long link or plunger 55 for this lever extends out through the front of the machine, preferably in a channel in the top, where it is provided with an operating head 56, to be grasped and pushed by the operator. A lock bolt controlled from a lock 57 prevents reciprocation of this link.

We have shown several methods of operating the trip bar mechanism, adapted to various styles of devices. Thus where the position of the register feed shaft directly over the trip bar end is possible, we may employ one form, but in other forms we cannot use this.

Referring first to the form wherein it is necessary to apply force to the trip bar, other than directly beneath the feed shaft, it will be noted that we arrange on the feed shaft 58 of a register, a crank 59, which is coupled to a link 60. The crank will be adjustable to vary the time of tripping.

On the base of the register is a bracket 61 having a slotted portion 62 in which the link will slide and reciprocate, so that it will always be in the path 'to contact with the end of an arm 63 on a shaft 64.

The shaft 64 is set on brackets 65 on the register base and may extend at any desired angle and be of any length, so that at its other end a like arm 66 will have a path to engage and depress the trip bar (Figures 5 and 6). To adjust the tripping action a set screw 66a will be inserted in the arm 66, said screw forming the contact member with the trip bar. The length and angle of this rock shaft 64 will permit the use of otherwise standard equipment that may be located at any desired point beneath and on the register base.

Where the trip bar end is under the feed shaft, we will arrange between the side frames 67 of the register for a bar 68, on which, is clamped a member 69, which may be positioned as desired along this bar.

The member 69 has bearings '70 at its upper and lower ends, in which slides a plunger '11 located directly over the upper end of the trip bar. This plunger has a spring '72 to keep it forced upwardly, and a stop pin 73 to limit upward movement, and is energized by a cam or stud '74 set in position on the feed shaft of the register,

nosoasa so as to strike down the plunger at the desired exposed through said aperture, elements on said point in the operation of the register.

The register, as above described, will ordinarily be shipped separate from the cabinet, and to indicate the easiest way of setting it up, we will preferably provide bolts 75, in the top of the cabinet, to enter the holes provided in the register base, and provide a clearance hole 76 in the cabinet top, which will enable the end of the trip bar to extend upwardly to a point for contact with the plunger.

This method of location will also be used with the first form described, so as to get the protruding trip bar end correctly beneath the clearance hole in the cabinet base. Instead oi the above, a ball and socket 'joint 77 may be used to act directly on bar 33 (Fig. 13). We have not attempted to describe every modification employing equivalent mechanical means, known to those in the art, which could be used to gain the advantages of our invention, but we do not wishit understood, because of this, that we desire to limit ourselves beyond the usual range of equivalents as answering to the spirit of our invention to be gained from a liberal interpretation of our claims.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a cash drawer cabinet having a top to support a register machine and comprising a vertical series of drawers and latch devices for the respective drawers, said top having an aperture, a rod mounted for rotation on an upright axis and for axial movement in said cabinet and rod, rotated therewith into positions for selectively operating the latch devices by axial-movement or the rod, a device mounted on said top to rotate but permit the axial movement or the rod, means on said top indicating the various latch operating positions into which the rod is rotated, and means engageable with the rod and with an operative part of a register supported on 1 said top, to eii'ect the axial latch operating movement of the rod upon operation of the register.

2. In a cash drawer cabinet having a top to support a register and comprising a vertical series of drawers and latch devices for the respective drawers, said top having an aperture, a rod mounted for rotation on an upright axis and for axial movement in said cabinet, extending up through said aperture, elements on said rod, rotated therewith into positions for selectively operating the latch devices upon axial depressionof the rod, a spring yieldingly supporting said rod in raised position, and means engageable with the upper end of the rod and with an operative part or a register supported on the top, to depress the rod upon operation or the register, an arm on said top, engaging the rod to rotate but permit depression or the rod, a bar s'lidable along the top to swing the arm and rotate the rod, and means on said top to indicate the degree of sliding of them and thereby indicate the various latch operating positions into which the rod is rotated.

JOHN Q. SHERMAN. ALBERT W. ME'IZNER. 

